Poll shows Rudd IR plan a winner: Greens

15 May 2007 — 10:08pm

The Greens have urged Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd to hold firm on industrial relations (IR), after opinion polls showed increasing support for Labor despite business concerns about its workplace policies.

Greens leader Bob Brown today said the latest Newspoll, indicating support for Labor up two points to 59 per cent and the government down two points to 41, showed voters supported Mr Rudd's approach to industrial relations.

He called on Mr Rudd not to be swayed by aggressive campaigns by big business wanting the Work Choices system kept in place.